After the hottest summer on record with below-average rainfall and areas reaching drought status, meteorological autumn has started with a wet month and temperatures around […]
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Research reveals changing hail risks in a warming Europe
Climate experts from the Met Office, Newcastle University and the University of Bristol used European-wide km-scale simulations to model future changes to hail with global warming. […]
Unsettled weather persists with heavy showers and thunderstorms into the weekend
Today (Wednesday, 10 September), bands of rain and showers will move northeast across much of the country, becoming increasingly heavy and locally thundery. While there […]
Yellow Warning for rain issued for unsettled midweek ahead
Today (Tuesday), rain will move eastwards across southern counties of England and Wales, bringing blustery conditions and heavy downpours in places. Elsewhere, a mix of […]
Winds and rain in the forecast as unsettled weather takes charge
Recent settled and warm weather, which has helped put the UK on track to having its warmest summer on record, has now subsided and has […]
What’s next for the UK weather as Storm Floris moves on?
Storm Floris is continuing to move northeast early on Tuesday, with diminishing impacts in the UK once the Yellow warning for the Northern Isles expires […]
A changeable week of weather ahead
Tonight (Wednesday evening), most places will be cloudy, with outbreaks of rain across the north and west pushing eastwards overnight. Tomorrow (Thursday) brings further unsettled […]
Heatwave conditions expected across much of the UK
It is going to be widely dry with sunny spells over the coming days, although Northern Ireland and Scotland are likely to be cloudier at […]
England’s warmest June on record and the UK’s second warmest since 1884
This follows a record-breaking spring, which was officially the warmest and sunniest spring on record for the UK. June continued that trend, marked by two heatwaves and some […]
Met Office report details rising likelihood of UK hot days
Met Office scientists have published a new study detailing the increasing likelihood of extreme temperatures in the UK, revealing that the chance of exceeding 40°C […]